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Hi - I'm not entirely sure that a mountain pass meets the criteria for [[Wikitravel:What is an article?]]. If there is a town at the pass then we're all good, or if the pass can be considered a region then it would be a valid topic, otherwise the information should be included in the containing region article. If the pass is a valid town/region, please use the [[Wikitravel:Small city article template]] or the [[Wikitravel:Region article template]].

I'm not sure either, but there was already a link to [[Bolan Pass]] in the [[Quetta]] article. There is a town or two in it, but I don't know their names. It doesn't really fit in any containing region since it is between Af and Pakistan. I suppose it might be considered a region on its own, but that is odd. Easiest to just mention it, without a link, in both Kandahar & Quetta articles, I think. I've done that and proposed it for deletion.

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Other similar things I've edited are [[Khyber Pass]] and [[Karakoram Highway]]. They are major routes and have towns, so I don't see a problem there. Do you? [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 08:11, 13 April 2006 (EDT)

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:If it's a major route with towns that doesn't really fit into any other region then it seems like a good candidate for a region article, or possibly an itinerary article. That decision is (obviously) up to you since you know the area, so just use whichever template fits. If no template fits then we probably need to figure out where else the information could go. Either way, you seem to have a good grasp of what you're doing now, so I'll trust your better judgement. Thanks again for helping out. -- [[User:Wrh2|Ryan]] 12:29, 13 April 2006 (EDT)

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Thanks for dealing with the Travel Topics! [[User:Maj|Majnoona]] 20:56, 20 April 2006 (EDT)

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What's the right way to do that, though? I've been copying the "this is a Wikitravel ..." line, but [[Money]] uses an isIn Travel topics tag and I wonder if there's a susbt or other simple tag that puts in the right consistent text

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:You should really use [[Template:Traveltopic]], I think. Also, Wikitravel is spelt with a lowercase t. --[[User:Evan|Evan]] 23:49, 21 April 2006 (EDT)

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:To use the Travel topic template all you have to do is type <nowiki>{{traveltopic}}</nowiki> and place it at the top of the article. [[User:Sapphire|Sapphire]] 02:00, 22 April 2006 (EDT)

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::Sorry no one showed that to you earlier. The only reason I knew about that is because I happened to catch Evan doing that. I went back and added into some of the articles you already worked on. [[User:Sapphire|Sapphire]] 02:20, 22 April 2006 (EDT)

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:::I think Maj created it yesterday afternoon in response to Pashley's question right here! --[[User:Evan|Evan]] 07:36, 22 April 2006 (EDT)

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:Thanks. I've been meaning to go over my contributions, but you beat me to it. BTW: The regions might work this way: the North would be both East and Central Estonia and Tallinn would be kept separately. It's small country, so it doesn't make sense to split into too many regions imo. -[[User:Visitestonia|Visitestonia]] 03:50, 28 October 2009 (EDT)

:Hey Pashley, that's very helpful. Thanks. However, I'm wondering whether [[Canton]] should direct to [[Guangzhou]], rather than [[Guangdong]]. It is true that 'Cantonese' refers to the language, people and cuisine of Guangdong province, but until very recently the city of Guangzhou was referred to as Canton in the West - there was no other name - whereas the province was already known as Guangdong overseas. The airport code for Guangzhou (CAN) reflects this. Anyway, I'm just throwing out some ideas here. I'll leave it to you to make the decision. [[User:WindHorse|WindHorse]] 23 April 06 Ps. I also think that it is about time to change the name of [[Calcutta]] to Kolkata - what are your thoughts?

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Personally, I like the old names: Bombay, Madras, Simla, Jogjakarta, Calcutta, Burma, ... They're what I know and what I consider standard in English. If it were up to me, the pages would all use those names with redirects from the new ones. However, I don't think that matches policy. Using the new names is OK with me too, as long as there's a redirect.

::I have a question regarding [[Canton]]. There are many numerous places in the US that share the name Canton with the Chinese [[Guangzhou]]. Would it be wise to create a disambig page at [[Canton]] with a link to Guangzhou, or would that be counter productive? I, myself, had never heard of Guangzhou or Canton, which, suprised me since the city is home to 6 million. -- [[User:Sapphire|Andrew Haggard (Sapphire)]] 21:27, 27 June 2006 (EDT)

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::I'd say that's definitely one of those where there's a main one (London, England; Canton, China; Stockholm, Sweden) and the London, Ontario or whatever go on an "other uses" page. You should not have to go through disambiguation for "Canton"; it is one of the world's major cities. [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 00:41, 30 June 2006 (EDT)

Thanks for creating the Hajj article. I'd like to suggest that you add that link to [[One month in the Holy Land]] article. I created an Islamic version, but I believe a Hajj itinerary is much more suitable. Also, will you redirect the Islamic Holy Land article? Thanks. - Sapphire

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This is the second time you've removed the info that time zone designation "Z" comes from the old [http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html alphabetic zone labeling system] (where it did stand for "zero" but was accompanied by zones A-M and N-Y). Are you disputing that there is such a thing, or do you just not want to mention it? - [[User:TVerBeek|Todd VerBeek]] 20:33, 4 June 2006 (EDT)

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I'd never heard of it, am not sure it's important, and cannot read the link you give (I'm in China and that's a US Navy site; I wonder which gov't blocks access; most likely China but who knows) but I believe you and it certainly does no harm, so I've put it back.

I'm living in China and reading Marco Polo, so I think I'll do an itinerary for that route. After some discussion, the name became [[On the trail of Marco Polo]]

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== [[Wikitravel:Sex tourism policy| Sex tourism policy]] ==

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Are you able to comment at [[Talk:Altitude sickness#The Tibet thing]]? I'm more curious than anything. [[User:Hypatia|Hypatia]] 01:02, 14 August 2006 (EDT)

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I have some trouble to change the cotw this week because I changed it on the porject page but the new cotw doesn't show. Could you have a look? Maybe i don't get it. It's in the {{cotwpromote|[[Everest]]}} formula. Thanks, [[User:Jc8136|Jan]] 03:08, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

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Looks OK to me. I see correct tags on both everest and Project pages. Maybe you need to clear cache or some such to get it working. I'm probably the wrong person to ask, though. Just a contributor; I have no technical expertise or administrator privileges on this system. Try the TRavellers' Pub or ask Evan. [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 03:27, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

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Thanks for the email. I'm going to look into it the place. I'm hoping to be in SE Asia next fall so I'll stop by there and check it out. I found this on CNN's website, which may be of use to you [http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/08/14/china.silk.road.ap/index.html Traveling China's ancient Silk Road]. -- [[User:Sapphire|Andrew Haggard (Sapphire)]] 17:25, 15 August 2006 (EDT)

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i'm extremely interested in following as much of the silk road as possible from somewhere in china (possibly Xian) back to Istanbul. obviously it is somewhat impractical to travel though Baghdad at the moment and i would intend to travel through iran instead but was wondering if you had any prospect of a time-scale or budget for the trip?

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I think it's more of a southern US thing. We mostly do it on spring-fed rivers on hot days. I find it hard to believe that someone has never heard of it, but I have a pretty locale-centric mindset at times. It seems pretty specific to the location to list on the topic page. Maybe we can get more input from people that are less surrounded by it? [[User:Jordanmills|Jordanmills]] 13:54, 19 September 2006 (EDT)

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That's pretty cool then! Quite topically, I'm going to be on canoeing stretch of a river tomorrow (race training and doing research for [[Canoeing the San Marcos River]]). I'll keep an ear out for more international tubing. [[User:Jordanmills|Jordanmills]] 11:28, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

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I just realized you weren't an admin, which surpised me, so I've taken the liberty of nominating you as an administrator. Would you stop by [[Wikitravel:Administrator nominations]] and tell us if you would like to accept or decline the nomination. Thanks! -- [[User:Sapphire|Sapphire]] 16:50, 1 October 2006 (EDT)

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Hi Pashley, I would like to thank you for your great work on the Guangzhou page. I'll be travelling to Guangzhou again in December and last time I was there, I thought that the city is somewhat difficult to grasp. There are only few guidebooks that have anything about GZ and the maps are usually horrible or in Chinese.

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I have been creating a vector street map, but my progress is starting to slow down, since I don't have the street names. Since you seem to have a lot of knowledge about the city, I wonder if you could take a look at the map I have created and give me some feedback? Also if you have any resources (online or offline) that you could point out, I would be happy. You can find my email address from my user page. Thanks!

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So, you've now been added as an admin. This means you'll see some extra tabs across the top of each page to protect or delete the page. In addition, you can now "rollback" edits by other users -- a fast way to revert. You'll also see some links to "block" or "ban" registered or anonymous users. You're free to use any of these functions as you see fit to help the project, but we very rarely use any of them except the rollback feature and "delete" (usually after a vote). Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for taking on this job! --[[User:Evan|Evan]] 15:42, 18 October 2006 (EDT)

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I just converted the [[ABC Islands]] page you created into a disambiguation. Please revert this without hesitation if you think it's not appropriate - cheers. ~ [[User:61.91.191.8|61.91.191.8]] 07:31, 21 November 2006 (EST)

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Hi Pahley, the historic capitals listing on the [[China]] article looks great and is very informative. However, as the 'cities' and 'other destination' sections function primarily as indexes offering people a convenient way to locate specific articles, I'm just wondering whether this information wouldn't be better suited placed under 'history'. Anyway, I'm just throwing out an opinion here. You know your way around, so I'll leave the decision in your capable hands. Cheers. [[User:WindHorse|WindHorse]] 09:17, 20 December 2006 (EST)

I don't know if you've seen the new [[Wikitravel:recent changes patrol|recent changes patrol]] feature, but it's nice for seeing what edits in [[Special:Recentchanges]] have already been reviewed by another admin. To save some clicks, admins can set their own edits as "automatically patrolled" on the "edit" tab of [[Special:Preferences]]. --[[User:Evan|Evan]] 02:06, 21 December 2006 (EST)

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I've nominated [[User:Cacahuate]] to become an admin; please comment on [[Wikitravel:administrator nominations]] when you have some time. --[[User:Evan|Evan]] 01:28, 6 January 2007 (EST)

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Any chance you could have a look at recent changes to [[Yunnan#Regions]]? ~ [[User:61.91.191.4|61.91.191.4]] 09:25, 30 March 2007 (EDT)

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Hi, Sandy. You had some comments about the Wikitravel ToC placement when we had the big dust-up last summer, so I wanted to make sure I got your feedback on the current design. When you get a chance, can you comment about [http://wikitravel.org/review/France] on [http://wikitravel.org/shared/Tech:Table_of_contents_makes_too_much_whitespace]? --[[User:Evan|Evan]] 12:42, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

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Thanks for your comment and changes to this article. I'm happy with your changes. [[User:Xania|Xania]] 16:46, 31 May 2007 (EDT)

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Thanks Sandy for the English link on wikiHow. You have reminded me that I need to more fully develop that project when all the others are completed! :) And always happy to hear any other suggestions you might have. And thanks for having a look there - I appreciate that you took the time to take a look.

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Hey, do you know of plans to flood a region of China as a result of some kind of project (probably a dam)? Which region is this? I think the flooding is supposed to happen either this year or next year. -- [[User:Sapphire|Sapphire]] • <small>([[User_talk:Sapphire|Talk]])</small> • 20:43, 26 June 2007 (EDT)

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Come vist us!! [[User:2old|2old]] 12:03, 24 July 2007 (EDT)

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==[[Talk:Germany/Racism]] ==

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==[[Teaching English]]==

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Great work! Neat to see how that article has grown over the years. I think it's certainly ready for guide status, though star status for travel topics is a little fuzzier, isn't it (is there even one yet?)... [[User:Maj|Maj]] 23:27, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

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Hello Pashley. Your location and contributions are great for Wikitravel. I have a older Sony digital camera (model mvc-FD880 with wide angle lens), that uses 3 1/2 floppy discs and recharges on US 110v. I would be willing to send it to you if you can use it. It is no longer any use to me and is in a drawer awaiting a user. [[User:2old|2old]] 09:55, 11 September 2007 (EDT)

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==[[Teaching English]]==

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I think it's improved. I'm sorry I haven't been of more help - I'm wrapped up in the [[Chicago]] project and that greedily saps my every moment on Wikitravel. I think the article could use coverage of a few more important topics: visas, most importantly; I'd like to see how they are acquired, and corollary to that, which places hire from overseas (China, Japan, Korea). Also, the commerce question: is it a school or a business (e.g. teacher as salesman), which is a shock to the systems of many people who expect to be like their fifth grade teacher and are instead pimping a pink bunny rabbit for two year olds. It's tough to cover so many work situations in one article. I could foresee Teaching English in Japan covering a whole page quite easily, for example. Does that help at all? [[User:Gorilla Jones|Gorilla Jones]] 02:01, 1 November 2007 (EDT)

I applied the banner, which felt seriously weird since I believe quite strongly that the article should not be deleted (and for that matter, some of the things cited as examples of why it quote-unquote "should" be deleted should also have articles, IMO) -- but you're right, we should follow due process here. That probably entails giving it (exactly) its full two weeks, even though a clear consensus to keep is emerging, apart from the one wingnut. -- [[User:Bill-on-the-Hill|Bill-on-the-Hill]] 21:20, 25 November 2007 (EST)

I just freaked out over the '''Get In''' page on DORI that I tried to fix (punctuation & grammar). Somehow, the layout section (and the whole article's page layout) went awry and askew. Can anyone get this page fixed, PLEASE? Because I have no idea how -- would appreciate that. Route66

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Hey, I just nominated [[User:LtPowers]] for sysop status. I'd appreciate it if you would [[Wikitravel:Administrator nominations|comment here]]. Thanks! --[[User:Peterfitzgerald|Peter]] <small><sup>[[User_talk:Peterfitzgerald|Talk]]</sup></small> 19:00, 17 August 2008 (EDT)

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Hi Pashley. Thanks for all your numerous fixes of grammar for [[Renting a car]]--they really help the article a lot. --[[User:DenisYurkin|DenisYurkin]] 11:02, 10 October 2008 (EDT)

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I was wondering if you would be able to help in Edmonton's Cotm and discuss in the discussion page what you think needs to be fixed. It would be a great help. Thank you! Ring me in my talk. [[User:Edmontonenthusiast|<font color="#339989">'''edmontonenthusiast [ee]'''</font>]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Edmontonenthusiast|<font color="#8848d7">'''.T.A.L.K.'''</font>]]</small></sup> 14:07, 18 December 2008 (EST).

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I see you added license upgrade to the tech requests. It's actually not an issue for the tech team&mdash;IB has already given the go ahead with the upgrade. The problem was the inability of our community to reach a consensus on the matter. The only way to get it done, I think, would be for the community to reevaluate the idea, and to see whether anyone still objects. I'm staying out of it, though, my opinion is clear by now, and I expended enough goodwill on the last round! --[[User:Peterfitzgerald|Peter]] <small><sup>[[User_talk:Peterfitzgerald|Talk]]</sup></small> 23:15, 6 January 2009 (EST)

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Thanks for catching my accidental revert-of-a-revert [http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Gaza&curid=452&diff=1064734&oldid=1064671 here]. Apparently I was editing from the history when I removed the warning and failed to notice the "old version" warning, so many thanks for double-checking. -- [[User:Wrh2|Ryan]] &bull; ([[User talk:Wrh2|talk]]) &bull; 01:08, 20 February 2009 (EST)

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Feel like cleaning up recent revisions to China? Someone made a little history mess, you might be best suited to sort it out :) &ndash; [[User:Cacahuate|<font color="green">cacahuate</font>]] <sup><small>[[User talk:Cacahuate|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]</small></sup> 20:32, 19 April 2009 (EDT)

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My friend's agency's link is blocked. I think it has no problem to put it back in Guilin and Yangshuo section because "Wikitravel welcome business owners". Or please tell me what should we do to put it back without disbeying the rules. Thanks.

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Since you've been to [[Iran]] and you pledged support, I thought I'd just give you a heads up that it is this month's [[collaboration of the month]]. [[User:ChubbyWimbus|ChubbyWimbus]] 14:20, 2 August 2009 (EDT)

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Unless you have the okay to delete these pages, perhaps you would restore them? [[User:ChubbyWimbus|ChubbyWimbus]] 23:24, 28 September 2009 (EDT)

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Thank you for your advice. I was just using a format based on PeterF's welcome message. [[User_talk:Mainski|Here]] for example. --[[User:Burmesedays|Burmesedays]] 05:41, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

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Hi there, I don't know if it's standard around here to reply on one's own talk page or on the talk page of the person who sent the message, but since I prefer to keep discussions together, I replied on my own talk page. I wanted to let you know so you can check if you want. [[User:Heimstern|Heimstern]]

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Hi Sandy, the Star nomination of [[Bali]] is currently in discussion as User LtPowers objects the promotion due to grammar issues. You are a docent for English. Would you mind to check the article and if you see issues name or change them? This would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance and have a nice day [[User:Jc8136|jan]] 06:07, 23 December 2009 (EST)

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Thanks for your help fixing the syntax errors listed on [[User:Nicolas1981/Syntax_checks]]!

Hi Sandy! I'm sorry to see you leave and wish you well. Would be great to see you come back one time in the future. [[User:Jc8136|jan]] 03:02, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

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: Something is odd here. I normally use Firefox on Linux; that + this site have had problems for months. I assumed it was the Great Firewall, but it does not seem to be; the site works OK with Internet Explorer on a different computer. Testing with a different browser (epiphany) on my machine, it is much better than with Firefox. Maybe one of my add-ons? I'll do some more testing and probably get it working at some point. Likely not soon. [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 00:58, 14 April 2010 (EDT)

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::Could be Sandy. I have had terrible problems with certain Firefox add-ons in the past. In my experience, Wikitravel works great a with a stripped down browser designed for speed. Google Chrome is the obvious one. Sometimes I cannot believe how quick Chrome is when patrolling for example. Saves a huge amount of time compared to any other browser I have used.--[[User:Burmesedays|Burmesedays]] 01:14, 14 April 2010 (EDT)

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:: I do not think it is only Firefox. Chrome on this machine is only marginally better. There are other oddities on my Internet connection, though this is the worst. I'm moving soon, though (to Shanghai) and hope that might make a difference. [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 11:21, 25 June 2010 (EDT)

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My original user page message, now removed there: At this point (April 2010) I am mostly off the air as far as Wikitravel is concerned. For the last several months, site performance has been completely appalling for me &mdash; sometimes it does not load at all & when it does, it is extremely slow and the formatting is horrendous. I am not certain if this is the Great Firewall messing with things, or what, but the site is nearly unusable for me now.

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: For no reason I can see, the problem vanished this week. However, I'm about to move, won't be back here until I'm settled in the new place. [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 22:16, 9 July 2010 (EDT)

Hi Sandy, I'm taking this unusual step because PeterFitzgerald has responded to my WV message by blocking both me and my IP address, making it impossible for me to even respond on my talk page to his ludicrous, vindictive, unilateral decision to ban me from WV after alerting that community to the presence of a potential threat in Jpatokal. You'll notice he also hard deleted both my edit and your comment on my edit, with no community consultation whatsoever. You folks can do with that information what you will, but as I said, I have electronic evidence of Jani's behavior if you care to see it. Of course I suppressed the edits of the female WT's user page, as leaving them would defeat the purpose of protecting her privacy in the the first place. If you decide to pursue both the investigation into Jpatokal's behavior as well as the abuse of power of Peter in this case, feel free to contact me here, as I cannot even comment on WV.--[[User:IBobi|IBobi]] 15:44, 30 November 2012 (EST)

Hi Sandy, I'm taking this unusual step because PeterFitzgerald has responded to my WV message by blocking both me and my IP address, making it impossible for me to even respond on my talk page to his ludicrous, vindictive, unilateral decision to ban me from WV after alerting that community to the presence of a potential threat in Jpatokal. You'll notice he also hard deleted both my edit and your comment on my edit, with no community consultation whatsoever. You folks can do with that information what you will, but as I said, I have electronic evidence of Jani's behavior if you care to see it. Of course I suppressed the edits of the female WT's user page, as leaving them would defeat the purpose of protecting her privacy in the the first place. If you decide to pursue both the investigation into Jpatokal's behavior as well as the abuse of power of Peter in this case, feel free to contact me here, as I cannot even comment on WV.--[[User:IBobi|IBobi]] 15:44, 30 November 2012 (EST)

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: As I see it, banning you from WV because you work for a company that has made legal threats and indeed started legal action is obviously correct per policy and not even particularly vindictive. When the legal foofra is all over (not yet unless i missed something), lifting the ban can be discussed. Show me an announcement that all is settled and I'll start the discussion myself.

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: As for Jani, I dunno. Frankly, I have more reason to trust him than you. I'm curious, but I'm not about to 'pursue an investigation'. [[User:Pashley|Pashley]] 16:06, 30 November 2012 (EST)

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I'd appreciate it if you'd at least archive it, since it serves as the location for some important allegations. The system is not refusing edits, so perhaps it was a problem local to your end.--[[User:IBobi|IBobi]] 13:37, 7 December 2012 (EST)

Hi Pashley, You have probably have noticed that I have started this travel topic. Please take a look and see if it suits your purposes and add extra sections as you feel appropriate. I will have a go at adding content where I feel I have something useful to say. Cheers, • • • Peter (Southwood)Talk 04:35, 2 June 2011 (EDT)

I have been watching this one hatch with some interest. I think it is close to being more than worthy of a nomination and very well done so far. Just a couple of comments:

One little formating issue which is sure to come under scrutiny is the use of front-links which are positively discouraged in our MoS. For example International Living should really be International Living [1]

Instinctively I feel that the article would benefit from a medical section, the need for evacuation insurance in many less developed countries etc. For many retired folks this would be a major issue I feel. --Burmesedays 04:39, 4 June 2011 (EDT)

Retirement page

Hello Pashley! Your retirement page is fantastic! Thanks for creating the page. I'll try to add to it if I think of anything. BTW, I'm also in China. SONORAMA 07:43, 11 June 2011 (EDT)

Courtray / Kortrijk

Dear Pashley,
Perhaps you mistakenly regarded this edit of mine as vandalism, but it is not. The article about the town on Wikitravel uses the name Courtray, so that's the name that should be used in the list. Here are a few references for the use of the name Courtray in English: [2], [3]. - 83.119.235.214 05:19, 11 September 2011 (EDT)

No, I did not think it was vandalism. I just think that since the original UNESCO list uses Kortrijk, it is better to leave that spelling in our article. Kortrijk redirects to Courtray, so anyone following the link ends up in the right place.

Change it back if you like; this is a judgement call and, if you know the area, your judgement may well be better than mine. Pashley 22:13, 11 September 2011 (EDT)

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Im glad to be of service, Iran is a very interesting country. i was wondering how to add pictures to the pages, im kinda new at this. sorry for asking --Khajida91 02:28, 13 February 2012 (EST)

People paid to flood discussions

I am not sure whether or how this affects us, but something else to aware of are what is called in Chinese an "Internet water army", people paid to post favorable reviews or comments on consumer or political forums. Some interesting research on these has just been published [4]. I bet China is far from the only place where this happens. Pashley 22:59, 22 November 2011 (EST)

The above message was swept in from the pub. JamesA>talk 04:47, 4 June 2012 (EDT)

Spammer?

Hi Pashley, I saw that you have been reverting some of Legoines' edits to the Article templates/Sections page. He has also posted spam and created a page that was spam. His actions seem suspicious to me. Do you have any suggestions as to how to proceed? Thanks! IBobitalkemail 15:36, 30 August 2012 (EDT)

Not interested

Hi. I am in fact not interested in hit-pieces written by disgruntled ex admins or people who failed to sell a product and now wish to tear down the community that rejected them. I'm especially not interested in backdoor methods to continue to stir up issues that are now in the past. Just let it go. We're moving forward, and you should too, whatever that means to you.--IBobitalkemail 15:26, 30 September 2012 (EDT)

Thank you again

For your admin efforts. We really are trying to keep up, and for the most part we're doing ok. If you happen to see patterns in the new spam pages being created that we can use as part of a filter rule, don't hesitate to bring it to my or IBAlex or IBcash's attention. If the pattern is that they're from the same IP/range, you can always block them.--IBobitalkemail 18:27, 18 October 2012 (EDT)

Somebody has re-united it with its history page now. If that was you, then thanks a lot, Sandy. If it wasn't, then thanks anyway for all the boring work you're doing squashing those spam links pages! --singaporeAlice 19:26, 18 November 2012 (EST)

WV conversation

Hi Sandy, I'm taking this unusual step because PeterFitzgerald has responded to my WV message by blocking both me and my IP address, making it impossible for me to even respond on my talk page to his ludicrous, vindictive, unilateral decision to ban me from WV after alerting that community to the presence of a potential threat in Jpatokal. You'll notice he also hard deleted both my edit and your comment on my edit, with no community consultation whatsoever. You folks can do with that information what you will, but as I said, I have electronic evidence of Jani's behavior if you care to see it. Of course I suppressed the edits of the female WT's user page, as leaving them would defeat the purpose of protecting her privacy in the the first place. If you decide to pursue both the investigation into Jpatokal's behavior as well as the abuse of power of Peter in this case, feel free to contact me here, as I cannot even comment on WV.--IBobi 15:44, 30 November 2012 (EST)

As I see it, banning you from WV because you work for a company that has made legal threats and indeed started legal action is obviously correct per policy and not even particularly vindictive. When the legal foofra is all over (not yet unless i missed something), lifting the ban can be discussed. Show me an announcement that all is settled and I'll start the discussion myself.

As for Jani, I dunno. Frankly, I have more reason to trust him than you. I'm curious, but I'm not about to 'pursue an investigation'. Pashley 16:06, 30 November 2012 (EST)

(much deleted, I was going to toss it into an archive but the system refused that edit)

I'd appreciate it if you'd at least archive it, since it serves as the location for some important allegations. The system is not refusing edits, so perhaps it was a problem local to your end.--IBobi 13:37, 7 December 2012 (EST)